National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Soft Matter and Polymer Physics
Areas of Interest
  • Soft Matter, Structure and dynamics of gels, Polymers, Biopolymers, and Biological samples, Micelles and Surfactants

Sidhartha S. Jena Professor

Physics and Astronomy

sid@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2727

27

PUBLICATIONS

6

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Sidhartha S. Jena

Professor

Physics and Astronomy

Room Number: MC-112

Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Total Publications: 27

B. Mishra and S. Jena,"Transition in solution dynamics of polyacrylic acid: an interplay between nonergodicity and triple mode relaxation", Journal of Polymer Science, vol.62, no.7, pp.1394–1410, Wiley, April 2024, 10.1002/pol.20230605       Article

S. Mohanta and S. Jena,"Influence of embedded polyelectrolyte on the structure and dynamics of polyacrylamide hydrogels", AIP Conference Proceedings, vol.2901, no.1, AIP Publishing, December 2023, 10.1063/5.0179222       Article

I. Padhee and S. Jena,"Effect of polymer concentrations on structure and dynamics of Gellan gum hydrogels", AIP Conference Proceedings, vol.2901, no.1, AIP Publishing, December 2023, 10.1063/5.0178677       Article

A. Mohanty, M. K, S. Jena, and R. K. Behera,"Kinetics of Ferritin Self-Assembly by Laser Light Scattering: Impact of Subunit Concentration, pH, and Ionic Strength", Biomacromolecules, vol.22, no.4, pp.1389–1398, ACS 2021, 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01562.       Article

M. K and S. Jena,"Surfactant head group and concentration influence on structure and dynamics of gellan gum hydrogels: Crossover from stretched to compressed exponential", J Polym Sci, vol.59, no.17, pp.1972-1985, Wiley, July 2021, 10.1002/pol.20210326       Article

  • PH1002 : Physics - II {Theory}
  • PH101 : Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH102 : Physics II {Theory}
  • PH208 : Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • PH3001 : Thermal and Statistical Physics {Theory}
  • PH3005 : Elements of Quantum Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH331 : World of LASERS {Theory}
  • PH4005 : Quantum Mechanics - I {Theory}
  • PH4006 : Quantum Mechanics - II {Theory}
  • PH407 : Quantum Mechanics - I {Theory}
  • PH408 : Quantum Mechanics - II {Theory}
  • PH507 : Nuclear and Particle Physics {Theory}
  • PH602 : Problems in Quantum Physics {Theory}
  • PH6234 : Laser Physics {Theory}
  • PH632 : Physics of Macromolecules {Theory}
  • PH635 : LASER Physics {Theory}
  • PH667 : Low Temperature Properties of Matter {Theory}
  • PH1070 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH170 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH2073 : Properties of Matter Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH271 : Waves and Optics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH3072 : Thermal Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH3074 : Thermal Laboratoy {Practical}
  • PH372 : Thermal Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH374 : Properties of Matter Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH4075 : General Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH471 : General Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH473 : Spectroscopy Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH572 : Advanced Materials Synthesis Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH574 : Advanced Characterization Techniques Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [6]
Diffusion Dynamics in Weak Polyelectrolyte Solution
Banani Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2015
Graduated :  Dec 2024
Supervisor
Correlating the Structure of Hydrogels to their Diffusion Dynamics & Design and Construction of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Setup
Mithra K
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  Jun 2022
Supervisor
Design and Construction of Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching Set up & Investigating Structure and Diffusive Dynamics inside Random and Restricted Media
Santripti Khandai
Enrolled: Jul 2009
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Supervisor
Study of Relaxation Dynamics and Ion Conduction Mechanism of Composite Polymer Electrolyte and Gel Polymer Electrolyte
Tapabrata Dam
Enrolled: Jul 2011
Graduated :  Mar 2017
Co-Supervisor
Soft Matter
Susmita Mohanta
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Soft Matter
Usharani Mohapatra
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor